Black students face harsher disciplinary measures than white students for similar offenses, a PARCA review of public school disciplinary records Read the full release.  

PARCA—the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama— works to inform and improve state and local government in Alabama through independent, Read the full release.  

Huntsville’s population grew past Montgomery’s and crossed the 200,000 mark in 2019, making the Rocket City the second largest city Read the full release.  

High school seniors and recent graduates are preparing to enter a workforce that has been disrupted, hopefully only temporarily. In Read the full release.  

The percentage of first-time college students from Alabama public high schools assigned to remedial courses in math and English has Read the full release.  

Alabama is in line to receive more than $2.47 billion from the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act Read the full release.  

Alabama’s seven congressional representatives issued recommendations on re-opening Alabama’s economy to Governor Ivey last week. Governor Ivey plans to announce Read the full release.  

Alabama public high school students’ performance on the ACT was down slightly in 2019 for the second straight year, after Read the full release.  

PARCA’s 2020 Public Opinion Survey, completed before the onset of the COVID-19 in the U.S., hints at the challenges state Read the full release.  

PARCA is sensitive to the challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic. We are responding with reports we hope are helpful. It Read the full release.